My Top 10 Favorite (food related) Things about JAPAN | Cheap Sushi, Best Ramen, Conbini & More!

[@reinascully]

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[@repHAWAIIxJPN]

Sukiyaki is by far my favorite dish . The saucy meat dipped in egg is so divine !

[@TravelingSoloLogs]

Saizeriya is where to go on a budget date! It's tasty and doesn't break the bank! 😂😂😂

[@TS-uk1dz]

Budget boss!!! 😂

[@attache675]

Paella and drink bar and I’m good 🙂

[@reinascully]

I love saize 🍝🤤 I also always get their anchovy pizza

[@Hamza-qu3yp]

Saizeriya is students place its cheap and when you over eating you just sit there and tell yourself at least I'm not hungry anymore 😅

[@yaminogame7805]

watching this while hungry was a bad plan...lol. when I went to shinjuku to stay with my friends they lived in an apartment ontop of 7-11. The food was so good, yakionigiri was my favorite thing to get. Or egg sando...so good omg.

[@reinascully]

Classsiccccc yakionigiri + egg sando

[@yaminogame7805]

@@reinascully yesssss if they had both it was literally the best combo. Sometimes they ran out of yakionigiri though, they were popular ;_;

[@randoru2694]

Japanese food is basically S rank. They're all very delicious and I miss eating the food in Japan. I can't wait to go back and try out a lot more.

[@DanteBogdan]

Combini food sound like a life saver for people that can't cook. Japan has such good food 🍲

[@berrykage]

My go-to food in the konbini are tuna mayo onigiri and chu-hi

[@tarzan2441]

Yooo tuna Mayo was my go-to as well loved them

[@lozzimusprime]

Total agree with the vending machines! When we visited in November back in 2016, I was addicted to BOSS coffee and hot chocolate from vending machines. My husband got addicted to Grape Fanta and imports it bc he drank it daily in Japan. And having a Lawsons opposite our hotel was the best, we were grabbing all sorts of sandwiches and snacks after travelling around Narita and Tokyo!

[@Mortegris]

When I was in Kyoto I bought some chocolate-covered matcha balls and I still dream about them sometimes.

[@toddmiyata6370]

Sable’ is a type of French shortbread cookie

[@TravelingSoloLogs]

Making me hungry with this video!🤤🤤🤤😁

[@carolartist2415]

That intro was perfect! Love your style. so great!

[@nohkei]

TOP 100 things about Japan?! Can't wait!! I'd love to see one on office/school stationary & organization products! Japan's attention to detail in both style and functionality is so satisfying and it'd be great to see from a lived perspective what the must-haves are 😊 Also I'm a very picky/non-adventurous eater yet I always want to try what you show, your descriptions and reactions are always so encouraging!

[@barockyomama]

As someone planning on going to Japan when all this stuff lets travel restrictions lifted, this is information I have been needing. Especially because you ACTUALLY GIVE THE USDA AMOUNT.

[@Taydar]

Loving potato crisps. A woman after my own heart. Nice Christmas decorations.

[@KAGEMORIEru]

I’m so glad you went to Trash Taste as a guest. I’ve been binge watching your videos! It’s so nice to get to see variety of food and snacks offered in Japan and also know more about the culture and learn different words from you just by reading the packaging. *Yes that’s a lot of and lol* Thanks, Reina!

[@foreclosureofadreamurbex5420]

I love when you speak Japanese. 🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@AnastasiaIvanova03]

😭 I miss Japan so much! I have too many favorites. Sushi of course! I liked Sushiro a lot when I was living there. Afuri Ramen, and ramen in general. There's actually two Afuri locations in Portland, and I've been there, but they just don't compare to the ones in Japan. Also okonomiyaki, and just walking around and finding something new and interesting. Weirdest foods I had were probably shiokara and basashi. Both were actually delicious.

[@reinascully]

Sushiro is excellent! How was the afuri ramen in Portland? Was it the best?

[@AnastasiaIvanova03]

@@reinascully I wish I could say it was the best... 🥺 It was good... but the one in the basement of Shinjuku station is so much better! Hopefully I'll be moving back to Japan soon, and then I can eat there all the time 🥰

[@mimo93maminon]

I went to DisneySea last Christmas for the first time and I was flabbergasted at how cheap the food was. As much as I liked the park itself, the cost of the food was probably what I talked most about after the visit 😅

[@SthMejin]

Pocari Sweat and Salty Lychee are my favorites too!

[@drskelebone]

Everything. But specifically: Currypan. I wish I could get currypan now. Coffee. Even the crappiest coffee I had in Japan is far better than most premium US brands. Ramen/sushi/etc. The boring stuff that everyone knows. The "fried foods" restaurant I went to at the Sky Tree. Croquette, shrimp tempura, chicken tempura (???), another one? It was so good, and the very kind waitress explained how to make my own sauce from grinding the sesame seeds and adding tonkotsu sauce. I just remember it being good enough that I wasn't so upset that the Sky Tree couldn't work because of wind. Every breakfast I had there. Western breakfast: Delicious. Traditional breakfast: Delicious, but not the natto, sorry. Getting conbini snacks: excellent, but that lemonade was actually like 6% alcohol.

[@tarzan2441]

I love curry pan too

[@deathitself7554]

I am Japanese, and I can confirm. The food is amazing. Arigatogozaimashita for the content!

[@reinascully]

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[@prescottosegie]

Good video reina senpai the foods look good🔥 keep up the wonderful content I enjoy watching your channel😊💯 one of my goals is to visit Japan and learn how to speak Japanese

[@reinascully]

Thank youuuu~ I’m glad you’re enjoying it!!! Hope you get to visit once it’s safe to travel ✈️

[@junoleigh6302]

Fun tip for people with food allergies! I have Celiac and actually had a pretty awesome time at Combinis. Family Mart brand products have little, in red, at the bottom of their packaged items whether they have soy, wheat, dairy, or nuts. It's in Japanese but really worth memorizing if you want to avoid certain things. Also, the best thing I ate in Japan was this GF chocolate waffle from this restaurant called "Where is a Dog?" They also gave me complimentary slices of bread to take with me when I mentioned having Celiac. Very nice staff 😭💕

[@oregonduc]

sadly all the MOS burgers in Hawaii closed up. and shiroi koibito from Hokkaido is amazing.

[@threalone]

Reina!! You are so cute! 🥰🥰

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Oh, ハスカップ is blue-berried honeysuckle!😁😉

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Some of the hot chocolates in vending machines in winter are AMAZING! LOVE that you can get hot items to warm up!❤

[@KuroshitsujiFan513]

i went to a couple festivals and got like this skewer of rice wrapped in bacon or something, it was absolutely delicious and i think about it all the time. i'll also never forget trying blue seal sugarcane ice cream for the first time. its so delicious i miss it dearly.

[@SpecJack15]

My favorite food is chicken ramen and spicy tonkotsu ramen with onsen egg. So tasty and amazing mouthfeel. Japan really serves up the best noodles in the world. Kare is another of my favorite Japanese dishes, especially kare rice.

[@feizalbinsulok]

Weirdest, Horse Sashimi at a Izakaya. On a different note Saizeriya is the best.

[@AA-jj1bc]

英語の会話の中でも、日本語の単語をを日本人が普段発音するように発音するところに好感が持てます。

[@reinascully]

一応日本人でーす😅😌

[@AA-jj1bc]

@@reinascully わかってますよ☺︎ 日本人って日本の地名等を外国人に説明するときに発音を変えることがあるじゃないですか。「トー→キョー↘︎」みたいに外国人風の発音に合わせる場合がある。これが媚を売るようで僕はあまり好きではなかったんです。その点レイナさんは英語のトークの中でも日本の言葉を日本語らしく発音されているので良いなと思いました！日本を発信されるインフルエンサーのお手本だなと思いました👍上から言ってるみたいですみません🙇‍♀️

[@brunoalc5422]

I love how Reina loves food!

[@gksaito]

WOW, my father's family is from Sapporo!! I visited them a few decades ago. I miss them and would like to visit again....

[@malloryjenkins9875]

Ah kaitenzushi is my favorite. I miss them so much! So introvert friendly.

[@OvieKovy]

Ahh yes another Reina food video LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

[@TS-uk1dz]

Reina keep on staying positive!!!!!🤗🤗🤗

[@reinascully]

☺️

[@yure3554]

You know you're early when it says "posted 36 seconds ago". Those foods look so goooooodd. Well..... f*** my diet. No money tho.

[@tateyui]

Reinas videos are so calming❤️

[@davethomas2108]

Got addicted to cream puffs from Lawson Station when we were there, would swing by the one in Golden Gai three times a day when going to and from our hotel and just binge on them...

[@Tony_AM009]

Love the decorations and your Christmas tree. The efficiency of the restaurants in Japan sound great. All of those pictures of various food items look delicious, and I already ate dinner when I'm watching this video. While I don't remember if I had learned this a while ago, I appreciate the fact that you should never tip in Japan. This video makes me want to travel to Japan in the future when I have the money and time to do so(once the pandemic's over, of course). Hope that you and your family(including your husband) have a Merry Christmas! May the upcoming year that is 2021 suck less than 2020. Take care!

[@NicknameZonic18]

Amazing!! My favorite Japanese food is potato chips, kit kat, pocky, yakisoba, & ramen.

[@jenni_cato]

I lived in Misawa, Aomori and they had a Hamazushi there too! My friends and I would walk there from the base

[@MxPotato84]

This video made me hungry. I wanna eat everything on this video!!

[@abbyl4621]

I went to Okinawa and had omakase. It was the best meal of my life and was very filling (sable is a type of French shortbread cookie)

[@TrullaDerBergzwerg]

omg I looooove shiroi koibito cookies

[@victorsum6353]

When i was in Hokkaido i had a Lingonberry soft serve ice cream! It was the best ice cream I’ve ever had! Hokkaido ice cream is gift to our tastebuds! The weirdest thing i had was beef hormone in Osaka haha

[@reinascully]

Hokkaido sounds so dreamy 🤤 and omg hormone!!! I always have such a hard time explaining that to people lol I personally love it but a lot of people find it hard to swallow 😬😬😬

[@victorsum6353]

@@reinascully i had no idea what it was. It just sounded weird and i love trying weird stuff! It was yakuniku so there was a slim chance it was going to be bad haha. Hokkaido is breathtakingly gorgeous! We went on a ice breaking cruise and the Sapporo snow festival while there. 10 out of 10 recommend doing it haha

[@vc993]

Pocari Sweat is good. I found some in midtown Manhattan at a store called Teso. My new favorite Japanese store. I go there when I miss Japan 😭

[@reinascully]

Oh mannn was it expensive? They have them stocked at Japanese groceries stores like mitsuwa but they’re usually kinda costly... for a damn drink lol

[@vc993]

@@reinascully They have them $2.69. I know what you mean I had to forgo an extra drink for Japanese crepe cake 😭. Love your videos and 🎊 Congratulations 🎊 on your merch launch!!

[@tarzan2441]

I love the malls in Japan, the one I went to was called Aeon and the restaurants they had there were all amazing

[@mimo93maminon]

Have you tried the current seasonal McNugget sauces? The parmesan truffle sauce is soooo good and right now you can get 15 nuggets for 3.75$ I highly recommend it for anyone in Japan right now 😋

[@Wanderingacrossoceans]

I was addicted to Ice No Mi, they are amazing and the weirdest thing I ate was chicken gizzards and I have to say I did not enjoy it. Almost everything else I tried I. Japan I loved.

[@TS-uk1dz]

And drink responsibly🍻🥂😉

[@joeshonk9715]

The candied octopus with hard boiled quail egg stuff in the head was the most interesting food item I found at Nishiki Market in Kyoto. Oishii deshita.

[@reinascully]

Ohhhh candied octopus is so good!!!!! The little small ones right???

[@taekwongurl]

Me: Cool, but which one is your favorite? Reina: It's a 3-way tie! But, potato chips are always going to win. YUUUUUUP.

[@ChilluminatiPod]

I am incredibly god dang jealous dude

[@reinascully]

But you got pizza and tacos and flaming hot Cheetos 🥲

[@DePiperSr]

We have Hamizushi, on Okinawa.

[@Sherman1fan]

I saw Tokyo Banana!!

[@graefx]

Yesterday a friend was saying how much he misses Strong Zero. At one point the plan was to go to Japan for new years 2021

[@williamhice842]

I visited my friend in Fukui back in 2017. There was a Hamazushi there and it was delicious! Pepper the robot was there, so that was fun haha. I think the weirdest thing I ate during my trip to Japan was "corn bread", I think was the name. I can't remember the exact name but it was just a ridiculous amount of mayo on a roll type bread with corn on top. I don't know why I even bought it. I guess I was just like "when in Japan..." haha

[@joeshonk9715]

Number 11: Bento box stores for those trips on the shinkansen. ;)

[@reinascully]

Ahhh yes 🙌 ekiben is excellent BUT... weirdly expensive 🥲

[@jamesbromstead4949]

Thank you for the wonderful video, I miss my business travel to Japan. Now I'm hungry... Fuzzy's Tacos here I come!

[@Mikaela_Westmt]

If you've never been to Japan... Y'all all know that Japanese food is amazing everywhere, but it is also surprisingly affordable - even very cheap in many places. You just need to know where to go for what like Reina explained in this vid. Of course if money is not an issue for you, there is a ton of expensive & luxurious options. 😉

[@reinascully]

Absolutely! I actually prefer the cheaper food, as it never disappoints.

[@Kaikyou519]

Last year when I traveled to Japan, one of my friends bought a pack of the いきなり団子 Kit-Kats, and everyone in our group gave them a taste. Needless to say, we were all kind of dumbfounded by the flavor since it was so foreign to us. I think that's the weirdest food I've had in Japan so far... 😅 I'm hoping to make another trip and try more stuff once traveling is a bit more safe!

[@reinascully]

!?!? I’ve never even heard of it!!

[@cultcheck9274]

Not going to lie, I hit up Lawson so many times when I was in Japan. Good options for lunch and I always stopped by to get me some ice cream every night. I ate more Ice Cream than I did Ramen and I had a lot of both lol

[@reinascully]

Lawson does have a good dessert selection, and UGHHH ICE CREAM 🥺💛 I don’t even really like sweets but I love combini ice cream 🍦 why do they have to make it so convenient 🙃🙂🙃🙂

[@Vo0Do0U]

I'm in Tokyo (Itabashi-ku) and we have a hamazushi right down the road from me. Love their fries. haha

[@tomatoprincess4315]

I was in Japan for a couple of hours. I walked over a marked and they had a couple of barrels standing there with something in a green and blue liquid. The owner of the shop tried to explain to me, that it was pickled eggplant. I tried one and it was incredible salty. Still no clue what it really was and how you would use that

[@reinascully]

Ahhh yeah we eat those pickles typically with rice and only a few pieces in a sitting. They're kind of like a palate cleanser between different small dishes (you'd eat the pickles after eating some fish) or as something that makes you simply want to eat more rice, which is why it is so salty. There are some pickles that aren't nearly as salty though, I think the eggplant ones in particular have a lot of sodium.

[@tomatoprincess4315]

@@reinascully Oh wow thank you :D Finally the mystery is solved!

[@sheridanwolf]

Reina just saying “Mmmm” for 16 minutes straight

[@joy12division]

Ramen is the best. It is the most varied in tastes and styles yet is consistently inexpensive. On average 1000 yen with the occasional special bowl being no more than 2000? Guaranteed there is a bowl for everyone. My favorite is Madai Ramen Mengyo with favorite soup, noodles, and egg for certain.

[@marbleousmel]

Natto was the most exotic food I had in Japan. Not very adventurous, I know, but if I don’t like something, I won’t eat it and I didn’t want to offend anyone.

[@reinascully]

Natto is pretty whacky, a lot of Japanese people (especially kids) don’t really like it either 😅😩

[@chibineo]

Ramen in the US is getting better but so expensive😑 サブレってフランス語らしいです。 (Sablé) お菓子全部美味しそう😋

[@reinascully]

It’s true, ramen is a bit on the expensive side. Some ramen in Japan is kinda up there, too especially in cities. But... in the countryside we can also get a simple yum yum bowl for like 400 yen (about $3.50) 😅

[@1984NIPPONGO]

When I visit Japan, I'll be planning to eat at a Japanese KFC because it has a delicious chicken fillet sandwich with Pepsi-Cola and French fries including 3 boneless chicken (especially @ home cafe and a Pokemon cafe).

[@Sirnayooo]

I love the buzzer button.

[@mahendra4352]

Between Konbini, Fast food and Street Food, which one do you recommend for daily eating (from healthiness aspect) ? I'm asking from foreigner's perspective. In my country, Konbini essentially doesn't exist (even if there is, it's not good). While Fast food is not recommended for daily, it's been claimed to be not healthy.

[@silentwhisp4r670]

Crap, I love it!

[@Kiekerz]

My favorite Japanese food, aside from ramen, is gyouza, even though they're both technically Chinese in origin. And I'm partial to tonkotsu ramen since I lived in the Kyushu area for a bit. The weirdest food I had was, I guess this azuki flavored soft cream, which wasn't very good. Even my Japanese friends didn't like it, so it wasn't just my American palate.

[@mochastacks5566]

When I was stationed in Okinawa I ate raw horse. Chu hai strongs were great lol

[@sabrinabingham4755]

Can someone explain the no tipping ?

[@zfaulkie]

I do the same with ramen, I can never finish the broth as I'm so full. But now I need to try that chicken ramen hehe. Next time I'm in Japan 🙏

[@NinjaWolfess]

*opens video *odd happy sounds Super glad I live alone and someone couldn't walk in on that lol

[@reinascully]

😬😬😬

[@evanturnmaine8557]

white lover lolz had me rolling

[@KellyVergara]

I ate at a higher end restaurant in Kobe (specifically for Kobe beef) and they had 8% tips included in the meal. I know this is the exception, but is that common in higher end restaurants?

[@tommasodere6811]

As Reina said, normally they don't ask for tips, some times they even find it unrespectful. I hate to say it but I think that you went to a tourist restaurant where the manager was american

[@gundambassexe31]

You had me at sushi 🍣

[@sabrinabingham4755]

Sorry one more question what do you say before you take a bite

[@k0lexz]

Ooo this was nice!

[@tommasodere6811]

I freaking LOVE tonkotsu ramen omg so good! The weirdest thing I've ever eaten in Japan came from one of the vending machines in Ueno park and it was a corn soup, with entire pieces of corn in it. I remember I was very conflicted because it tasted pretty good but it was hot soup in a can with corn pieces... why Japan?

[@OBIIIIIIIII]

Going to japan and getting fast food is like going to a jewellery store and buying a ring with a plastic gemstone

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

You haven't had 白い恋人 for a long time, Reina?! Where's Mike?!😜😁

[@Candycreations146]

Oh my gosh I'm trying "Nattō" right now! Have you ever had it?? If so what are your thoughts?

[@reinascully]

I love natto! It’s VERY good for you~

[@Candycreations146]

@@reinascully hell yeah! I really enjoyed it 😊

[@monody7]

Cool!

[@sdsith]

I'm a simple man, give me some sashimi or yakisoba and I'm happy. However, I REALLY hope to one day get the opportunity to travel to Japan and try the real stuff! That and visit a few (read: all) places...

[@AmieEmil]

I just noticed Reina’s name in Spanish means Queen.

[@BabySealCIubber]

Drink responsibly~ ohhh alright

[@Meep12458900]

The weirdest thing I ate was fugu sperm. It was unexpected (and I thought it was mostly from another fish.) I absolutely loved everything else I ate.

[@taniner]

weirdest food I ate which I didn't really care for is Monjayaki.

[@reinascully]

OMG I don’t like monjayaki either!!! I totally forgot about that- thank you for bringing it up 😂😅

[@fader2701]

Wrapped tofu skin at ubei sushi

[@monody7]

I had never heard the word ''convoluted'' before. hahaha I was like wooooow... convoluted.

[@66Xeno]

I'm sure she's answered this in another video, but what does she keep saying before taking a bite of anything? I've heard her do it all of the time in any videos where she eats something and I'm just super curious.

[@andrewtsai7646]

Itadakimasu!

[@goatface2]

Takoyaki makes my knees weak

[@munnahashmitv9779]

Great

[@aristired6252]

My favorite food thing thing Japan is getting takoyaki/matsuri food. Istg takoyaki will be the death of me